Usually means: Scapegoat, often unfairly taking blame.
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General (24 matching dictionaries)
  1. patsy: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. patsy: Merriam-Webster
  3. patsy: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. patsy: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. patsy: Collins English Dictionary
  6. patsy: Vocabulary.com
  7. Patsy, patsy: Wordnik
  8. patsy: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. Patsy, patsy: Wiktionary
  10. patsy: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. patsy: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  12. patsy: Infoplease Dictionary
  13. patsy: Dictionary.com
  14. patsy: Online Etymology Dictionary
  15. patsy: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  16. Patsy (Monty Python), Patsy (actress), Patsy (disambiguation), Patsy, The Patsy: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  17. patsy: Rhymezone
  18. PATSy, patsy: Stammtisch Beau Fleuve Acronyms
  19. patsy: FreeDictionary.org
  20. patsy: Mnemonic Dictionary
  21. Patsy: The Word Detective
  22. patsy: TheFreeDictionary.com

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. patsy: Encyclopedia

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. PATSY: Acronym Finder

Slang (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. patsy, patsy, patsy: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. Patsy: Urban Dictionary
  3. Patsy: Twists, Slugs and Roscoes: Hardboiled Slang

(Note: See patsies as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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noun:  A diminutive of the female given name Patricia.
noun:  A diminutive of the male given name Patrick.
noun:  A diminutive of the female given name Martha.
noun:  (informal, derogatory) A person who is taken advantage of, especially by being cheated or blamed for something.

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